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    • December 30th
      • The 3 worst tech predictions of 2011
    • December 29th
      • Rick Santorum's Iowa surge: A win for Romney?
    • December 28th
      • The 5 best fiction books of 2011
    • December 26th
      • The 7 biggest political downfalls of 2011
    • December 23rd
      • The payroll tax cut deal: 3 reasons the GOP caved
    • December 21st
      • President Obama's rising approval rating: 4 theories
    • December 20th
      • 4 new rumors about the Apple TV
    • December 19th
      • The Secret Santas who are paying strangers' debts
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      • NASA’s comet-snagging space harpoon
      • Why The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is turning off women: 4 theories
    • December 14th
      • Are married people 'nearly a minority'?
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      • Dark Knight Rises vs. Amazing Spider-Man: Which new poster is better?
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      • 4 ways of looking at Tim Tebow
      • Lowe's yanks its ads from All-American Muslim: 'Islamophobic'?
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      • Rush Limbaugh vs. Fox News: A Gingrich schism?
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      • Why Fox News viewers don't like Mitt Romney: 4 theories
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      • Discovered: The first habitable 'Earth-like' planet
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      • The rise and fall of Herman Cain: 6 lessons
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      • The 'disturbing' effects of war on military dogs
      • The 'cheapest' primary in a decade: 5 theories
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      • Why the GOP caved in the payroll tax fight: 4 theories
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